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THE SUN, LON DON, TUESDAY. A PRIL ----~_ LITERATURE. RECOLLECTIONS OF THE HOUSE the first instance, began at the beginning, and read through j the speech in a manner which would have done credit to any professor of elocution,—though it was clear he laboured under a slight hoarseness, caused most probably by cold. The sparkling of the diamonds in the crown, owing to the reflection caused by the lighted candles, had a fine effect. Probably this was the first occasion on which a King of England ever read his speech by candleli , e lt, at the open ing of his Parliament. Shakspeare lays it down as a maxim—" Uneasy lies the OF LORDS. Smith, London, 1836. We have little or no doubt that this volume will become equally pop u l ar w i t h t h e aut h or ' s f ormer one, }Titled " Random Recollections of the House of the , °u e of Com mons, " f or i t d i splays the same exu coiirant variety of a nec d ote ; t h e same qu i c k an d saga- UllB apprehension of character, and the same prac tical knowledge of its subject. Moreover, the same to ne _ i ofimpartiality p erva d es a ll i ts cr i t i c i sms , t h e auth or being evid en tl y no pa r t i zan o f e i t h er Whi g, Tory J i or Radical ; but one who judges of men per se, T o t : with re f erence to the party to which they belong. 3 Arhus he doe s not un d eriate Lord Kenyon because he a violent Ultra Tory, nor overrate Lord Brougham am ple lie i s an equally zealous Reformer ; but does justice to - both. Who he is we know not, - but i t i ni ging fro m hi s perfect acquaintance with the public characters of th e men h e d escr ib es — w i t h t h e f as hi on o r 0.. t .l l eloquence, a n d th e f avour it e style their el oyle of their should incline to the belief that he is a i rtep orter ; for no one else could show such a thorough 'luiliarity with the themes he discusses. His account, : lle I particular, of the op en i ng d a y o f th e S ess i on , an d the eircurnstances attending his Majesty's delivery of ex e c Speech, are all but conclusive on this point. We i r act this description entire, for it is full of nt erest • , e opening either of a new Parliament, or of a new I(6 ° n ? of Parli amen t w h en th e l a tt er i s opened by the i s al in Person, is a very imposing spectacle. The former t ra ,, w aYs done by the King in person, except under very ex 7 sneuhr di nary circu ms t ances . Th e i n t er i or o f th e H ouse on „ lie eeasions p resen t s a mos t i n t erest i ng s i g ht. „ ceremony usually commences at a quarter past two l ar `ute after noon . A s early as twelve there is always a nee attendan ce o f P eere sses, Peeresses' daughters, and d s r s female m em b ers o f t h e ar i s t ocrac y, a ll i n f u ll re e • The attendance of Peers on such occasions is usu 4e9en_litnited ; their absence is chiefly owing to a wish to "floodate the ladies with their seats. The number of t he e s generally present when the King opens a new Parlia twnti or a new Session of Parliament, in person, is from to th ree h undred. Notwithstanding the extreme l y un 'mtetvoturahle state of the weather on the open i ng o f t h e pre ss : es sion, the numb er o f f e male members of the aristo sl:7' C ould not have been much under two hundred and si o • As the present House is of such very limited dimen tonifo"s, a (2o.asiderabl e num ber found it impossible to procure R A • r table seat s i n th e b o dy o f the House, and therefore 'longth emselves in the two side galleries which extend '"lg that se e .— . Part of the House nearest the throne. The ilguuei, altogether, when the King arrived, was . one of un ate‘sPlendour. In the side galleries, as just mentioned a, - °rig th e two first rows of benches on either side of the b een the the exception of the Ministerial bench, and that d by the leaders of the Opposition,—the lodics were arrayed in their most splendid apparel ; while the Part s of th e H ouse wer e occupied by the Peers, the fv e t t i ga Ambassadors, and other distinguished persons from .rieri.•:,..feourt in th e wor ld ma intaining at the present time a all 7 1 Y Underst an di ng w ith this country. The Peers were Jioth e d i n the robes of state pecul i ar to the i r respective g u ; S The F ore i gn A m b as sadors, and the other distir t the no Persons from foreign courts, were also dressed . i n As n O u lt costume of their different countries. The Foreign seat assad ors h ave a p l ace a ll otte d to t h emse l ves on th e tesi: i i t 'arnediately behind Ministers. Between the Minis the eneh and the right of the throne, are, as observed in S • P 'evious chapter,the seats appropriated to the Lords N r i tu eals a , on which the Bishops sat, dressed in full canoni -003,,' Outsid e the bar were the members of the House of str a " 4 l , l7 : ° as, headed by their Speaker.. The gallery for the public. was on this, as on all similar occasions, shut to fig r "" l ie. Peers' orders, which on other occasions corn ad the instant admission of those who are fortunate IC.L u " to procure them, always go for nothing when when i a - b °Pans Parliament in person ; and also, indeed, w leal„,ened by . commission. Nothing but the signed and Dit i C' O rder of the Lord Great Chamberlain will prove a evenll to any on e. The select character of the company, for in the str . angers' gallery, on such occasions, may,. there "e at once inferred. The parties consist in a great of th e male relatives or friends of Peers. tls °rl all similar occasions, the firing of cannon announced 411 11 ;: r ival of hi s M a j es ty outside the House. In a few Iv z ,''es after the flourishing of a trumpet intimated that he ro s , On the eve of making his entrance. The Peers all tlit h ; the King made his appearance and advanced to the '44r He seated himself on it, and then desired the Ilati a i s i to resume their seats. When he is absent they k cs at Sit with their hats on their heads ; when heis I)re- Nl ort r Y are a ll uncovere d as a mark of respect to him. Ilet e e after, when the necessary arrangements were ep as i corn- ,), ,ed eve r y one who had taken part in the forms v ail it 6"'s prop er p l ace , the speech, written out, asit - foli o is, in large legible penmanship, on two or three after to of pater, was put into his hands. He instantly, 4 iai r first - at . the Lords, who were all in the imme iNsied,aci_l'itY of the throne, and then at the Commons 44a zl t he bar, commenced reading the speech. A breath ensued, which was preserved to the close. I e m TaY he re h e allowed to ma k e a slight digression, while savour to give a sketch of his Majesty, interspersed p:"Io furth er o b servat i ons respecting the opening of In esent S ess i on o f P ar li ament. • Person the Kinn• is about the middle . height. He Dro4 ' ree lY be sa id to b e corpulent, but his stoeness_ ap- Noa e ll es it. His shoulders are rather high, and of lin tf readtli, His neck has consequently an appearance twin no itdng shorte r t h an i t i s i n rea li ty . H e wa lk s w ith a o sh ort step. He is not a good walker. I know !bode cu m, " . ✓ Which cou ld m o re strikingly characterise - his is net a verywaddles." classical term, but in the present case it is s e otnpl ular lY expressive. His face is round and full. IT t he ( „, e l l ° ll is something between dark and sallow. What oc eai " °or of his hair is I cannot positively say, as on every • al, whi c h I h ave seen hi m lie had either the crown ° it i s on his h ea d. A s f ar as I cou ld f orm a j u d g ment str ori,, t i a light brown. His features are small and not very is a Y narked, considering his advanced age. His nose tret t.v il and .lather broad th an o th erw i se . His forehead is ou t it plc both in breadth and height, but has a flatness 4ti3 Wi liCh deprives it of an y i n t e ll ec t u al expression. t i , thr e Oar l ight eyes are quick in their movements, and Piercing in their glances. His countenance is A cllcative of good nature blended with bluntness. t to notl , I.) tii i • a 3 o to infer that he was other than a plain 'eet e d l Y gentleman. That he is good-hearted and unaf ib.ar:veotYvisnirne p j e in his demeanour, is a fact of which you ale iced the very first glance you get of him. The a parish, when clothed in his cloak of office, struts 4 reat e ,. — ~,,the church door with an air of immeasurably i tl ' a l tl 'Tri,: e 4l 7i e mpo . rt ance than William the Fourth exhibits Le.-• y_ u e t e s in State the Nobles and Commoners he of the trtisthe ilere, •could either dispense with the prescriptive esi N .4 lie has to go throug: , at . the opening and tr ill dnesQ "ell Session, or triat in the overflowing eeirgrlbls soul, lie forfsets at the time he 11‘ " , e ri °;er ty„ fur n ; L of tiose realms. His every look mid move 11,0'Pl • ,„ s " eviden ce , not to be mistaken, of the man e r - ; t 1 in ov7r th e Monal.e.h. It is . clearly with diffi cession to the throne, he 1, rai ns . the midst of the 'clods 'lan from suddenly stOping aside to shake every nobleman he - sees Iliour: 4 him. As it is „ " r ary to th e nod s .usual practice of Kings on su.. il tat o d o ti(rd evidently says in his own mind, " 1.- w (1 p ro u _pre and ninl ev ep:Peer he passes. Of his extreme (;-(s . ou vt,vuls at th p 'city of manners he gave several striking 44• 4'llole. °Pening of th e present S ess i on . Th e d a y 1.4 visu a l ~,?. b loonly, whi c h, a dd e d to an i mper f ect i on i n 115 dark nes 7haps consequent on advanced y ears , and to i rnh _Dla e , the present Hou se o f L or d s , especially in ciir t ssibl e f r or n er i e . the throne is situated—rendered it R i e 3% \I s i r ni . n to read the Royal Speech with fa with t patiently and good naturedly did be strug ziqg, and at task, often hesitating, sometimes mistak e` st uck thers correcting himself. On one occasion eepotrlt together, when after two or three in to mak e out the word, he was obliged to I•4's_esigh• tvb:ll?en turnin g to Lord Melbourne, who stood on 4 1 , looking. him most significantly in the n ' attl a rofth a tone sufficiently loud to be audible in all NUI e a nd bl"se' "Eh ? what is it ?" The infinite good At (11143. untnes s with which the question was put, %,:oarei„,.einte;onciled the most inveterate Republican to t'eri-ngland, so long as it is embodied in the per trueecitlinr ih r `ia th e o. ro tha, Fourth. Lord Melbourne having whis illQ°"gh th e us word, the King proceeded to toil but by tape time he got about the mia n brought him two wax tapers, on which he • Paus e d , , libtoh....ie.ll,lt4(l.comuniia raising his head, and looking at the ens, he addressed them on the spur of the ast in a t tr , ernb ar ,_ Perfectly distinct voice, and without the s assinent o r the mistake of a single word in these MY L or( t o I Pave l s,and Gentlemen, t his s not been able, from want of light, e(a.. l4l l ts are 00W in the way its importance deserves ; but }on r "eer nent brought me, I will read it again from the atteotiot, ,; and in a way which, 1 trust, will command he then ngain, though evidently fatigued by reading in head that wears a crown." In this Shakspeare, is wrong. It is no doubt true as a general rule, hut it does not admit of universal application. Had Shakspcare lived in the reign of William the Fourth, he would never have penned the observation in the' unqualified way in which it stands. He would have seen in the person of our present Sovereign an exception to the rule. His head dogs not lie uneasily. The Crown sits lightly op it. Not that he is indifferent about the welfare of his subjects—far from it—but because he believes that they live under a mild and paternal and en lightened Government, and that, conscious of nothing but the most kindly ferlings towards them, he never allows his mind to be haunted for one moment with any suspicion of their loyalty to his person or fidelity to his throne. It is one of the irresistible tendencies of his nature to look on the sunny side of the picture ; in this case his unsuspecting disposition will not betray him into any error. The gene rous confidence he reposes in the friendly feelings of his subjects towards him, is not misplaced. Few ',monarchs have reigned more in the affections of his subjects than does William the Fourth of England. The anecdote about the King and Lord Melbourne is highly characteristic of the former's blunt, hearty, and off-hand manner ; and equally so, the personal de scription of his Majesty, which is correct to the letter. Of Lord Brougham our author writes in the warmest terms of eulogiurn, though at the same time without the slightest attempt at exaggeration. He " nothing extenuates, nor sets down aught in malice," but draws his Lordship just as he is—a statesman of amazing powers of mind, unbounded in the reach of his know ledge, full of sarcasm, wit, and occasionally, of broad comic humour ; but toa often allowing a hot, impetuous temper to mar the effect of his noblest flights of elo quence. With all his Lordship's infirmities, however, our author very justly observes of him, that he is more than a match for the whole House of Peers put toge ther—a fact which none know better than our heredi tary legislators themselves ; hence, their fixed, uncon querable dislike to him. We subjoin a sketch of his Lordship's personal appearance, and mode of speaking in the. House of Lords, for the scrupulous correctness of which we can vouch:— It is only on a great political question, and one which lie feels very strongly, that Lord Brougham is to be heard to any advantage. Those who have hoard him for the first time on such a subject as the Repeal of the Newspaper Duties,—or on a proposed reform in the administration of the law, &c.—go away wondering what people see in him to admire. On such occasions he reasons well, displays ex tensive information, considerable thinking powers, and an eloquent and energetic style ; but they can see nothing either in his matter or in his manner to entitle him to the reputation of the most effective speaker of the age. It is otherwise when he rises to repel a personal attack, or to speak on any question of party politics. On such occa sions, you see in his very countenance the consciousness of superior powers. His knit brow, his piercing eye, the air of supreme scorn towards those who differ from him, which his whole aspect- exhibits,—concur with the sentiments to which be gives expression to show you that his whole soul is thrown into his speech. •It is then, and only then, that you witness any real display of his amazing powers. He then stands forth an intellectual gladiator, fighting not with one or two opponents only, but with every Peer of any weight who has taken a different view of the subject from himself. No sooner has he, by the liberality and energy of his blows, disabled one opponent, and left him sprawling on the ground, than he deals them out as thickly and rieavily to another ; and so on until he has vanquished every opponent who has had the temerity to attempt to obstruct his advance to the point to which he was directing his steps. He is not content with pushing aside those who oppose his progress ; he lays one and all of them prostrate at his feet, and tramples them in the dust. He gives no quarter to an antagonist. His soul seems to exult in the occupation of butchering his adversaries outright. He is so intent on the object, that he is quite indifferent as to the means ; or rather he gives a preference to the most barbarous modes of intel lectual warfare. It is not enough that be vanquish his opponent ; it must be done in the most cruel and savage manner. His attacks are always of the fiercest kind. All refinement of feeling, and all the conventional proprieties of language, are utterly disregarded. He disdains to but up his subjects scientifically or anatomically. For the time being he battles away right and left, and feels as keenly towards his opponent as if it were a personal, not a politi cal or party quarrel, in which he is engaged. His whole heart is set on what a class of persons call " punishing " his adversary. This he thinks.can only be effectually done by doing it coarsely. He is consequently often called to order for violating the rules of the House ; but this only aggravates the evil it was intended to remedy. The more he is interrupted in his attacks on an opponent, the more furious in his manner and the less measured in his language does he become. He is not only not to be put down, how ever general and decided the feeling of the House may be against the course he is pursuing, but be will not be di verted from his resolution of inflicting the full measure of intended severity on his victim by any means which he chooses to adopt. So long as he is interrupted only by particular Peers, he confines his furious attack to the op ponent against whom he was directin g his withering sar nasms„ and on whom he was heaping his ridicule, at the time of the interruption—except during the few moments he may step out of his way to apply the lash to those who have called him to order ; but when the cry of " Order" has become general, and the confusion so great as to drown his voice, be suddenly pauses until the confusion has sub sided, and than rigors forth the overflowing phials of his wrath on the Opposition generally. In a similar admirable spirit of discrimination our author pourtrays Lord Lyndhurst, though we cannot but think that in one or two instances he somewhat overrates his natural powers of mind. His Lordship is a clever, practical sophist, versed in all the small trickeries of logic : but nothing more. He has no ori ginality of mind, like Lord Brougham ; no giant grasp of thought; but is simply an adroit special pleader, with a pleasing, and winning manner, that imparts a grace even to his shallowest common-places. On some future occasion we may quote the description of him from the " Random Recollections," and in the meantime beg to recommend the work to all who desire to be amused, and, we may also-add, instructed. MONTHLY REPOSITORY. Clarks Fox. Paternoster- TO zo. The first paper in this Number is an examination of Dr. Channing's late Treatise on Slavery. Great and just praise is bestowed on the celebrated Author, for the moral intrepidity which he has.displayed in grap pling with that ticklish question, in the present state of the American 'pulse, as well as for the gloWing elo quence with which he has denounced the abomination, There is, however, in the opinion of the Reviewer one drawback on Dr, Charming's merit—he is not a Uti. litariati. He grounds hip condemnation of slavery on the explodec: doctrine of ft moral sense, as if uncon :w scious of the great olution in ethics, whiah has taken place within these few' years. The article en . : titled " Songs of Scotland , " by limbed Nicoll, is litit altol., , ether to our taste. We are willing; t 9 admit th a t the national songs of Scotland are superior 41 th*igof any other country ; that they:produce powerful impreg. sions on Scotchmen, and that Burns was the greatest of all song writers ; but Mr. Nicall, like most other enthusiasts, does not make sufficient allowance for the uninitiated —a numerous class, who will not be stormed out of their prejudices . In " Corn Laws" there is much good sense. The impolicy of these oboogioui laws is well pointed out. From " Songs for the Bees" we extract the following , which breat hes a charming spirit of plaintive tenderness. The thought i n th e cc)' eluding stanza strikes us as - equally just and beautiful. The day was dark, save when the beam Of noon through darkness broke, In gloomy state, as in a dream, Beneath my orchard oak : Lo, splendour, like a spirit, came I A shadow, like a tree ! While there I sat, and nailed her name, Who once sat there with me, I started from the seat in fear; I look'd around in awe ; But saw no beauteous spirit near, Though all that was I saw ; 'I he seat, the tree, where oft in tears She mourn'd her hopes o'erthrowe, Her joys cut off in early years, Like gather'd flowers half-blown. Again the bud and breeze were met, But Mary did not come ; And e'en the rose, which she had set, Was fated ne'er to bloom I The thrush proclaim'd in accents sweet That winter's reign was o'er ; The bluebells throng'd around my feet, But Mary came no more. I think, I fee'.—but when will she Awake to thought again? No voice of comfort answers me ; But God does nought in vain : He wastes no flower, nor bud, nor leaf, Nor wind, nor cloud, nor wave ; And will he waste the hope which grief Hath planted in the grave? We only have room to remark of the other papers, that the " Signs of the Times" takes, on the whole, a prett')% correct view of our social prospects, though we demur to the truth of the assertion, " that the sweetest strains of the poet are unheeded, unless he sings the evils of the Corn Laws ; and novels them selves are neglected unless they illustrate politicfA economy, or treat of the utilitarian philosophy ;" and that we think a great deal of superfluous wrath has been poured out upon a writer in the " London Re view" for a critique on Charles Lamb and the British Drama. ARBORETUM BRITANNICUM ; OR HARDY TREES OF BRITAIN. Nos. XVIII. and XIX. Ridgway. This is' one of Mr. Loudon's most useful works, and with the exception of his " Encyclopmdia of Gar dening," will be the most popular. The embellish ments are exceedingly beautiful as well as numerous. When completed, this work will be translated under the immediate superintendence of the Author, into the French, German, and Italian languages. ARCHIri ECT URAL PEDANTRY. (From the Architectural Magazine for March.) " Never yet was anything truly great or valuable in art achieved by dint of mere rules : the utmost they can do is to prevent positive errors. By no means, however, does it follow that the observance of them will guard against all vices, because there must ever be more or less of which rules will stop short ; and here it is that originality dis covers, while imbecility betrays, itself. It is not criticism, but sheer quackery, which solicits admiration for mere beau ties of routine, and which looks only at parts and fragments, without forming any estimate of the whole. A very poor painting may exhibit tint's, here and there, that, considered merely as colours, may be exceedingly fine ; and an un washed palette may display hues equal to any that we meet with in Titian or Rubens : yet colours are one thing, and colouring another ; nor do random and unmeaning accidents of the kind alluded to excite any pleasure. Were it, too, not for the cant that has been kept up on one side, and the ignorance that has blinded people on the other, the world would long ago have found out that the same holds good in regard to architecture as to the other arts, although not precisely in the same degree. This prevalent, and, for the most part, utter ignorance in regard to the powers of archi tecture as one of the fine arts, has favoured a grovelling pettifogging system of criticism, which has thoroughly drugged us with nostrums of one kind or other. No matter what,particular style be advocated, the quackery made use of for the purpose is pretty much the same. In unqualified unquestioning bigotry, the admirer of Ictinus yields not one jot to the idolater of Palladio ; the patriotic venerator of our old English architecture is not a whit more liberal than the most dogged worshipper of Vitruvius ; while his very pa triotism serves to dignify his one-sided obstinacy. Differ as they may from each other, they all ag r e e in admiring by rote, and in discountenancing any attempt to step beyond certain limits they have been pleased to set up. So strongly, indeed. have they fortified their respective systems with cir cumvallations of rules, that we may be excused for imagin ing them to have been devised for the special protection of stupidity ; and that, out of favour •to this latter quality, tsenius itself must not be allowed to advance one step out of the regular track, lest its blundering imitators should lose themselves among quagmires. " There are so many contingencies, all requiring to be taken into consideration, that what may be a merit under one set of circumstances, may be utterly the reverse under another. Our modern architectural legislators ought, there fore, to be either far more despotic, or far more liberal, than they actually are and, unless they choose to proscribe all private judgment, they ought to allow that independence of previous authorities which is the privilege of every other art. Instead of this, they only permit us to_ err _by rule, and to be inconsistent according to the most approved etiquette. To deviate from the received proportions of any one of the orders would be little short of sacrilege : the . whole frater nity would be up in arms against the unlucky wight who should he guilty of such profanity : but to apply an order so that it shall be utterly at variance with everything in the design, and so as to destroy a ll general h a rmony of propor tions, seems to be perfectly consistent with the staunchest orthodoxy. - Provided everything, taken individually, be selon les regles, it matters not how intolerably bad the com pound itself may prove : it is enough that it ought to be excellent, the several ingredients being all very palatable in themselves. I shall, perhaps, be thought to be here in dulging somewhat too freely in caricature. Alas ! I feel that this representation of the case falls far short of the ac tual absurdities that have been perpetrated under the sanc tion of the legitiaiate school. lam sometimes tempted to believe mvself labouring under some obstinate mental hallu cination, in fancying that architecture addresses itself to the eye rather than ear, since so many seem to be of quite a contrary opinion, and to suppose that it is the ear alone which takes cognizance of the beauties of this art. Why, else, are we stunned with praises bestowed upon things, the merit of which lies not in any discernible qualities, but in the names and words employed to describe them, and in beauties, the exquisite proportions of which are too subtle to be detected by our visual organs, and can be made ob vious only by arithmetic ?" LOWER CANADA. PETITION OF THE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY TO dividual, of which we have no motive for doubting, was, from his previous habits and position, more likely to com prehend our wishes and our wants " At the head of the reforms, which we persist in consi dering as essential, is the introduction of the principle of popular election into the constitution of the Legislative Council. The people of the country, without distinction, regard this body, as at present constituted, as factiously op posed to its institutions, its state of society, its feelings, and it: wants, and as having been and as being necessarily the stronghold of oppression and abuses. They continue in like manner to believe that any partial reform which shall stop short of the introduction of the elective principle will be altogether insufficient, and will, as leaving the inherent vice untouched, bring back the same evils and the same collisions. We think, that. with regard to the constantly baneful action of the Legislative Council, we have amply explained ourselves to your Majesty, and that no other proof than the past and present acts of that body is needed to remove all doubt as to the nature and spirit of the im provements to be introduced into it. We look, in this re spect, upon the Act of 1791, giving Legislators for life to the Canadian Provinces, at the mere pleasure of the Exe cutive authority, as an unfortunate experiment, followed by most unhappy consequences. We also look upon this ex periment as entirely foreign to the British Constitution. We are not ignorant that some individuals interested in the maintenance of bad govermnent, and accustomed to a system of ascendancy and domination, pretend that bar- Liony might be established between the constituted autho rities in this province, by introducing in its territorial limits, or in the representation of the people, violent changes of which the sole end would be to deprive a numerous portion of your Majesty's subjects of a due participation in the ad vantages of the constitution, and to establish invidious poli tical preferences, as a prelude to the subversion of the insti lions of the province, at the very time when your Majesty's Government is proclaiming principles of equal justice to all, and acknowledges the excellence of our institutions. We rely too much on the honour of the Government to believe in the. possibility of attempts which would destroy all ties that bind the people to Great Britain, and would force them to regret their allegiance "Respecting as we do the expression of the Royal plea sure, we yet regret that the Ministers of the Crown should have declared that your Majesty was most unwilling to ad mit that the question of an elective Legislative Council was a subject open to debate in this province. We beg to be permitted to represent to your Majesty, that it is not within the province of the Colonial Secretary to limit the subjects which are to engage the attention of this House and the people it represents within the required forms, with the view of improving the laws and condition of the province. Against.this infringeMent of the liberties of the subject, by one of your Majesty's responsible servants, we dare to ap peal to the supreme authority of the empire, to that of your Majesty, sitting in your Hie.ll Court of Parliament. " We have also asked, and we nnw again ask, for the repeal of certain noxious Acts, of which the peg pip pf tlio country hare complained. We wish, among others, to mention the Act of the sixth year of our late Sovereign, George the Fourth, your Majesty's royal brother, chapter 59, commonly called the Tenure's Act,' and also the more recent Act granting certain privileges to a company of indi viduals residing chiefly in London, whose object is to make the lands of this province a subject of speculation. With regard to the former of these Acts, its nature and its ef fects, our complaints have been so detailed and so nume-. rous, that we shall abstain from repeating them, We shall only add, that recent decisions of the superior tribunals of the country have refused any validity to the proceedings of the pretended Court of Escheats, established by the said Act, which has in fact merely served as a pretext for ereat. ing several sinecures, paid out of the public revenue of this province, and which we have not recognised and will never recognize. . . . . " Your Majesty cannot but know that the climate of this portion of the world, and other peculiar causes, render the clearing of lands in order to bring them under cultivation one of the chief resources of the surplus population of the old settlements, and the surest mode of investing the very moderate capital possessed by the people of the country. The resources which the waste lands would afford in point of revenue, under a wise system of management established under the authority of the Provincial Parliament, would be equally necessary as a 'provision for the support of your Majesty's Provincial Government, and for the completion of the numerous local improvement; made requisite by the increase of the population, the emigration from the United Kingdom, and the state of a rising country. These re sources are so important in both these respects, that if left to the unrestrained disposal of the executive, they would destroy the constitution, purchase the .adherence of men made powerful by the authority vested in them, and give the administration ample pecuniary' means equivalent to the other revenues of the province, and consequently the power of governing arbitrarily in defiance of the authority of the Legislature. We state as a fact, that such has been in effect the system which has prevailed in this province, and has been an inexhaustible source of evils and. abuses. We attach so much importance to this subject, that we are firmly of opinion, that without the legislative and constitu tional a uthority of the Provincial Parliament over the lands of the provincial domains; and the revenue arising from them, the power vested in the Legislature to make laws for the peace, welfare, and good government of this province, would be altogAher nugatory. " We therefore pray your Majesty to be pleased to re commend to Parliament the repeal of the said Act passed in favour of the Land Company, and also that it may please your Majesty to adopt legal means fo r atinullingall the un due - privileges incompatible with the righ t s o f this province, which is the object of the said Act to confirm , o r of w hic h it may have been the source. We also humbly pray your Majesty to be graciously pleased , with regard to the mat ters relative to the public domain and the lands of this pro vince, to recognise the rights of its • Legislature and of pier faithful subjects therein, to the end that we he no longer prevented from labouring as a part of that Legislature, and with the consent of your Majesty as the first branch thereof, to render available all the resources of the country for th support of your Government therein, and for the equal be nefit of all your subjects who inhabit this province, or may come to settle in it, and more especially to insure to all without distinction the means of settling on the waste lands under an easy system, and on such conditig4lll as 411411 bo found most advantageous. On the subject of the independence of the judges, we see with pleasure that there exists no difference between the views of his Majesty's Government and our own. We re gret that our efforts to carry these views into effect have been misunderstood: . . . " What we have now said will suffice to show your Ma jesty what our views are, with regard to the polities or . ,: he colony as a whole, to the functions and power- wh i ch we believe to belong t 9 the Provincial Legislature on all mat ters relative to the IntenTilt sitt4lll of the colony, and with regard teWINt T y( l POPeive to be the best me an s o f insu ringactivity, eilicteney, and responsibility, i n th e pu bli c service , • • • rTiIE KING IN COUNCIL. ful and loyal May it Pal scritritin"etns; The followingis the substance of this important docu- Provincial ment, as it passed and was concurred in on Friday night, by a majority of 55 ayes to 7 noes. " TO TIIT; lgos'r EXCELLENT MAJESTY. yolir tl A m l ttn 7 on Vl s 'a o y f o 'rov i c 4 r je C Bt a Y l f4 4 l , ll i i i; assembled, humbly approach your Majesty's Throne, for the purpose of expressing enve ipqrp, in the name of tit? people WO represent, our firm, though o dyess of the 09evanePti an 4 4 1 44§.1's which respectfuliton prayed for, in the con s tit u ti on o f t hi s pro vince, and of the re opinion of the necessity of the reforms we have so have prevailed therein. e seixe the sa me occ a s i on to inalca known our sentiments with regard to a po r ti on o f th e „ vat 0 00 , 4 and &terminations of your Majesty's q 0 v er nnient, in so fat: os it hos boon possible fyr ys to become acquainted with them. We pray your ;Majesty to believe in our sincerity. . . Wiwn Ivo alermily repeat, that tho principal object of the political reforms which this house and the people of this province have for a great number of years used every effort to obtain, and have frequently been detailed to your Majesty, is to extend the elective principle to the Lec gislative Council, a branch of the Provincial Legislature, Which lg jtF opposition to the people, and by reason . of its imperfect and vicious constitution, has proved instamont to perform the functions for which it was originally created ; to render the Execntive Council directly responsible to the representatives of the people, conformably to the prin ciples and practice of the British constitution as established fu the United Kingdom ; to place under the wholesome 4rtd c onstitutional control of tliig tlotise the whole public revenue raised in this province, from whatever source de rived ; to Otani the repeal of certain Acts passed by the Parliament of the United liingdoty (in which the people of this province are not represented), with regard to the inter f - f ai t 4f fairs of this province, making its territory and best resources the subject of tint* speculation and mo nopoly, and whielt we hold to be a violation of the vighti of the 4egi4gliTT and nf the people of this pro vince ; to ensure - eqnai riilits and ; lTpartlql instipo to all t classes of th e i n h a bitants ofhis province ; to abolish sine cures and the accumulation of incompatible offices ; to re dress the numerous abuses which prevail in the various de- P4rtritonts of the nublic service ; to obtain fur the proyirio jegislatnre, w ith regard tq th infernal f3uifs of the pcir vince, and more eSkeially over the management and sPt:7' tiernent of th e was te l an d s thereof. far ilia henet of all ,classes o € your M a j es t y ' s su bjects, without distinction, that essential Fontroul - which would be the direct consequence of the principl e s of the constitution. When, we saz i resPPtfgY repeat to Ilur 4itijqoty tlicsg nnr demanai, and 4C,qare our firm intention te'por'severe in asking them, as being alg)e calculated to insure the liberty, peace, and wel fifFe,qf Pr9vilF . ,P ; and the confidence of the neonle in tl~el49W . R4l°Ph rft to" per . aci4 the united c!PP!rq, l be understood by ye;.rClll,llla scarcely fc'th: lh it ire sli'9l:lld not w e v.e bound in the first place to thank your Majesty for itaviag 'L'ip kei,ld of the F : mcutive Government, and for having appointed as his successoriliaingnislied personage, who, independently of his qualifications as an in- It remains for us to address your Majesty on an im- pOtiTot and extensive subject—the public revenue and ex penditure of this Province. We humbly thank your Ma-• ' jesty for the gracious doeloration, that your Majesty is dis posed to admit alto control of the representatives of the people over the whole public revenue raised in this Province. We regOd the fulfilment of this promise as of the highest im portance. In stating explicitly in the preceding portions of this Address the rights which we humbly believe to belong to the Legislature of this Province, with regard to certain parts of this revenue, we wish to present the subject in its trio polut of view, in order that no misconception may hereafter retard the desired result. In the pro posals which it. may please your Majesty to make to us for the purpose of attaining this result, it is impossible that your Majesty should lose sight of the essential principles of the Constitution, or of the declaratory Act of 1778, to the • benefit of which we believe the people of this country are peculiarly entitled. We shall receive with respect, and ex amine with the most scrupulous attention any communica tion which your Majesty may be pleased to make to us ten ding to the settlement of the financial questions. "We humbly represent to your Majesty that the people of this province, tired of the continued struggle in which they have been so long engaged to obtain the recognition of their rights on the part of the metropolitan and colonial autho ritiesovould regard with painful apprehension the possibility of the recurrence of the same state of things, and of the necessity of making new sacrifices for the purpose of lay ing these complaints before your Majesty and Parliament. We wish for a Government which shall assure us freedom and security ; t h e unrestr i cte d e ff ect of your M a j esty ' s de clarations c an a l one con f er i t on us ; • and it will bi! wh en we can entertain a hope of the remov a l a 14 ,,b 'e o psses it ; grievances and abuses we complain of,.tbat eAn properly consider the means of giving effm tu, 114, jesty's wishe s with regard to an qn , "!; : x,vri.Oicka of permanent . . na ture. t tt • • • • position in which we are placed, and however unjust the 07 , 3jue.ts of the Celonial Office may appear, it is Majestyconciliation tovt.eheyoeuxrtraets fro; a i v );o: 1t of our desi re f or and peace. We have expressed our rorot, that according aisoVe cited, even the temporary arrivlg.oii suggested by your Ma }'liVrqnktative cannot take place, unless this House vacua ly admits the control of the Executive over the funds which we believ e to belong to us ; nor unless these *AS remain hereafter, as they have done herACAM 41A ill ,. a term of i • tt ol l.nro • Ic4 which it • • 'l+ '• '4certain . the extent, „ hio , e va4o4 oatou oy the mere authori ty of the xecutive, and which it regards as permanent. W e are however res o l ve d to neglect no thing which can afford to your Majesty and your P ar li a ment an opp9oticsity to 4 0 us justice, and t o the present 0i4a444f4" of ;his pro the Means ott . e&ctitig'sucTi reforms as the vices of the system permits, and we have determined to provide for e nth to the 20th of February. 'I he the expenses of the Provincial Government for . a I . imited time. fortnight, from the r -------- -------- - - - ------ ---,,_ . a"..uer-in-Chief took advantage of this dAiv, regard being had to the circumstances attending the several . C.a , l-11Lornin , ,i to 1 _ • items, and the resources of the country. We pray that iti )1: y .siege to 13 almaceda, Mereadillo, and Plen your Majesty will attribute the manner in which we shall cp., in 71. e dire&tion of Orduna and 13ilboa, which were endeavour to give effect to the decision we have thus come ofiligee, to canitt date with a considerable loss iwprisoners to, solely to our sincere desire to obtain a better Govern- and arms, and alter a desperate resistan ce . merit, and not to any abandonment of the principles we f If Cue Consti - :utionalist s had not for a long time obtained have supported ; and that your Majesty will not allow it ',,0 I any important - victories, they at least bad not. suffered so• he made a subject of reproach to us, when we may afpia ) serious a defeat as t h e a l 2ove. It is imoossiVe to account hereafter insist on these principles. . . . . for those iie-fre.;ses not having, bum reinforcr.d ; they were " Wherefore we respectfully entreat your Majesty t o b e sieged alnacc,t in sight o f t h e: Spanish divisions which at the head of 15,000 , listen fav oura bly t o our humble p ra y er s, and, as well hry the were within se :en -or eight hours' mare}:. General Cordova exercise of the august powers which belong more esr,ecially had left General Evans at Vide r i a , .arra and Espejo, with 8,009 to your Majesty, as jointly with the Parliament., of the men ; Espartero, at Puent. 2 -1 United Kingdom, to rend er f u ll justice to your fi•:ithful sub- men, and instructed to e.otr:bine his forces with those of jccts, and to deliver them from the system of or:pression and Espeleta, amounting to '1.0.,1)00. And, notwithstandin g this b a d Government, which, through the Colonial Ministers, imposing mass of troo . t is, the Carlists were enabled to t a k e have so long weighed heavily upon them. And by inclination three towns in rapid, succession, at a distance from their led, as well as by duty bound, we s h a ll ever pray f or your usual lines, and wi'..aout heing incommoded by th e i r opp c p, Majesty's sacred person." vents &tiring the 0 d a y s which these operations required,! •--- , WAR IN SPAIN. TURKEY. (Prom the Journal des Del :;) A fourth campaign will shortly be opened in the north of Spain. We doubt whether it will be decisive, or that it will put an end to the obstinate struggle carried on in that country ; it must, however, be followed with still more serious consequences to both parties. The insurrection has now extended to the fourth year, and at the commencement of each new campaign we are forced to admit that it becomes mote animated, assumes a more warlike character, is better organized, and better sup plied with arms and - ammunition, It is true that it has not extended beyond the Ebro, spread to the Castiles, or pro ceeded on the route to Madrid. It has, however, already wearied six or eight Generals of the highest reputation, cost Spain some millions, and cruelly decimated her best troops, and it has been already necessary to recruit the Queen's army twice during the above period. Whilst Catalonia is infested by numerous and un daunted bands, closely pursued, but never brought into contact, and the same taking place in Lower Arragon, the north of Valencia, La Mancha, parts of old Castile, of Galicia, and shortly of the Asturias-.-whilst these varisau:, bands spread over 4 vast extent of Country, require a constant but fruitless pursuit, in. which nearly half of the Spanish forces are engaged, the insurrection in Na varre presents an accumulated mass of 30,000 men, a real army, regularly organized and formed into divisions and brigades, carrying on operations in a warlike manner, trying every effort, and adopiing not only the recognized prin ciples of military tactics, but also the bold system of the Guerillas i invincible in their own localities, always ready,to start unexpected expeditions which spread terror AO con fusion throughout the country ; thus baffling for the last six months the efforts of a body of troops of the line, 60,000 strong, backed by four principal fortresses, and by a dozen minor fortified places, and also protected by the barrier of a large river. CoF4TANTINoPLE, MARCH 9—By news from. Aleppo, date:: t 31st ult., we learn that the Euphrates exTß:dition was ratting on very poorly, or rather not getting On at all ; and This time the opposition does not appear to proceed from the Egyptian, but from the Turkish authorit:,e Ff who have been induced by Russianintrigue to throw snme temporary ob stacles in the way. That the obs: ca ,„l Russian fishily int r i gue l am not on l y CS are the result. of y persuaded, but I ham seen profs that such is the 'zase,. The meaning . of this manoeuvre is evident. Russia strives. to weaken the good understanding existing 'oetween Lord Pons on by an d t h e Porte ; b u t hi s L or d ;,tip is not to be taken in so easily, no; will he, I am sure,. commit the error of taking umbrage at it. To quarre,' with the Porte on the subject would be only falling - into a new Russian snare, which is too palpable, altho , tt a laid with co nsummate art. I have discovered ane;,ner Russian intrigue, which, though in connection with the above, is calculated to have other consequences. Mon si'eu'r Boutenieff has succeeded in persuading the Turkish Ministers that England has 'at present no other object ill view than the selfish one of securing her corn munieations with India ; and that it was only for this purpose she asked fbr the firman addressed_ to Mehemet Ali. Unfortunately, the dilatory mea sures and apparent indecision of our Ministers have hut 'coo well borne out this construction put upon their con duct. In a word, the Turks have no confidence in us, and never can have until we explain by deeds, not words, thr.t we are in spired with a genuine determination to reser,e their empire from its present helpless state. Experieue t has fully proved_ that our diplomatists are perfectly unequal to the task of coping with those of wily Russia ; and one reason, as re gards this country, is that, whilst our Ministers have always handled i ijae question as one of only secondary impGrtance, the Russian statesmen have been giving their almost undi vided attention to it. They know the powers and the weak points of every man upon the board—are always study'alg the game and its eVery combination, whilst Lord Pab_ner ston and his worthy compeers content themselves with throwing an occasional glance at the board, and making as unmeaning move, called by themselves a tlemonstratiwi, Demonstration, indeed ! unless it signify a demonstration of their own incapacity and absurdity, I. larow not what it does demonstrate. The time for saving Tnr ) , ce y by demonstztious is long since passed. Whilst we are shilly-shallying Russia is at work in good earnest ; and I d .. 0 not see that sufficient at tention is paid to the way she b.as been, and still is, labouring to gain to her intereststheCre'ak population of European Turkey. Russia is preparing ; .lier troops are being hourly augmented in'the Crimea, in Ffsessarabia, at Silistria, and yet our de monstralicms are. confined to Malta and Corfu! Our -Mi nisters, if they wish to avert the ev il, s h ou ld not sleep until they have ordered a protecting British force to the Bos phorus. Once there our diplomatists may take up every point of the question at their leisure, and if they think of negotiating before, they will cut y sorry figure in the end you may depend upon it. It . Russia get the start of'them in deeds all is lost. If they get the start of Russia, they will have tvery thing their own way, and may just make of the (reeks the use the Russians would have made of then, If such be their will. I will repeat, that whoever is first at Constantinople it will be riat Power which will gain all her 'views. We have no time to lose. Don Carlos continues uninterruptedly to bold his court in the little town of Onate, the seat of the administration anc l ministerial departments, and depot of the grand park of artillery, Whilst he remains perfectly tranquil in this ca pital of insurrection, the Carlists are continually insulting the lines of the constitutional troops, and the latter, not. withstanding the superiority of the forces, '(.lare not, or are not able to, penetrate into the quarters of the Carlists, The ditTc;ient generals, the numerous plans and modes of attack, have all failed up to the present day, So strange a state of filings may be accounted for on casting a gizmo° at the physical and peculiar position of the country in question. The Carlists occupy an extent of territory of about 30 square leagues, comprised between the boundary of the Pyrenees, the Arga, the Ebro, and the Ocean, aud wbich extends westward to the thy of Orduna, frequently in their hands. The middle of this territory is traversed by a large link of the Pyrenees, the principal towns on this line form ing a kind of circle, and many of them leading into valleys which descend towards the plain of Vitoria, tbo suburbs of Pampeluna, and in the direction of the Argo and the Ebro, and that of San Sebastian and Whoa. All the streams which terminate at these points came from sources at the central group of very:high mountains. Segura, Cegama, ()nate, Salinas, and Ochandiano fix the direction of the principal points of this group, and which command the sur rounding country. Onate, situated upon a branch of the high road from T47,ay onne to Vittoria, occupies the centre of the above district, and,consequently,well selected as a proper point:for a depo t,or a reserve cores. The nature of the ground will authorise us to say that the Carlist Government is then Mu: the spider in the centre of his web, cautiously engaged in watching every motion which luay take place at the extremities. The principal man of mountains, in consequence of the radi ating direction of the secondary links, makes this country an immense fortress, from which its troops may sally out un expectedly, and in order to execute some bold attack. This central position gives the Carlists another important advan- ' tage, namely, of being able to proceed 'en ahortcA road from the centre TO the circumference, whilst the coustitutional troops are obliged to take long and fati guing rounds, and wearisome marches, which exhaust their strength, and kil! them without the aid of the sword. It is now nearly a year since Don Carlos has remained undoubted master of this territory, and that the Constitu tionalists have limited their efforts to maintaining the cir cular line upon which they have retired. The engagements which have taken place upon this line have never produced any particular result. It will be easily conceived that such a conviction of internal security must have favoured the or ganization of the Carlist army, increase their resources, and principally their tnnrai strength. Everything we stated in the article. of the 7th of October, and which created so opacli noise, and led to so many protests—everything we explained at that period r4ittve to the affairs of Navarre has become from day to day more incontestable by the pro longatioq a the same state of things up to the present. It having been proved by three disastrous campaigns that It was impossible to suppress the insurrection upon its own ground, the canstitutionalists have determined to put it down by A blockade, and that which was a matter of fatal nceeasity has become a regular system. Such is the new plan which has been followed for some months, and which was discussed and adopted by the Cabinet of Madrid. With this view the Commander-;:a.Chief Cordova has displayed wonderful activity ;le continued to manoeuvre during the whole of *l- ..ns winter, but it is difficult to say what fatality t'as constantly frustrated his best-laid plans. For in ..ance, on the 16th inst., having_ collected more than , • :a.1,000 men a t Vitt or i a , h e a tt em pt e d an important move ment, namely, to destroy the central position of the Carlists, by taking possession of Guebarra, Salinas, and Villareal d'Alava, small towns within a circle of three leagues upon the line of Arlaban. The triple attack was to have been executed by General Evans on the right, by General Ber nelle and the Algiers Legion on the centre, and by General Espartcro on the left ; the sappers and miners, with the re serve corps of artillery, to follow the columns, in order to fortify and arm the different points they intended to take. The plan was well conceived ; for the occupation of Guebarra would have given the key to the Borunda, by the occupation of Salinas they would endanger Onate, and by that of Villareal they would have cut off the shortest com munication which the Carlists have with Biscay. the blockade was on the point of gaining three leagues of thi; ground, besides the above three important positions. Their forces were superior to those of the enemy, whom they were on the point of taking by surprise ; probably in the heat of attack they might have passed the utmost defiles of Arlaban, and such success might have impelled them to the very gates of Onate! This was the hope entertained at head quarters, where the Minister of War, Count Almodovar, was then present, and with whom the above mode of attack was concerted. As this was the first important operation undertaken for the previous six months, the greatest care and preparation were resorted to, The Commander-in- Chief and the Ministet of War both addressed the army in pompous and emphatic harangues. Despatches were sent off to Madrid intimating that a grand and decisive blow was about to be struck, and the Spanish journals announced (llv anticipation) a certain victory. One of the despatches of Count Pozzo di Borgo, as it has appeared in the Por?folio, has been indifferently trans lated into Turkish in London, and a few copies lrave been circulated here. They have made a great noise,, and had the translation been good, or at least inte4gible, they would have made much more. I doubt, however, their doing much gond, because the Turks Are already fully awake to the designs of Russia, whose bonds they will " burst with a voice of thunder" if an opportunity be only afforded them. It is not pamphlets we want, but affect. On the nh instant a most dreadful accident occurred. here. About 460 artillerymen, workmen, and others, had been employed sir: weeks in preparing fireworks for the ap proaching marriage, in a large building; attached ",o barakhare, at ILllcsi uuy , MIL UI UUT SUMMS; o'clock in the afternoon a loud explosirm was heard, and it was soon perceived that, by sumo mishap, the poWder, rockets, and combustibles lead ignited. The roof was blown - up into the air, and. ti - se remainder of the building was levelled with the grour,d. The number of lives lost has not been ascertained ; those who were not killed are sadly hurt, and many of . tham will not survive the injuries they have received. The first day SO mangled bodies were re moved for int,erment, and among them those of a Lieute nant-Colonel, a binhashi, and eight officers of engin.eers. After tire first confusion had subsided, it was found, that an adjoining building was in flames, but this was got under wi.ihout difficulty. How the accident originates} i s no t known, as none of those who may have perecivea_ it live to tell the tale. It was evidently imprudent to seep on the premises all the fireworks that had been Ina.nufacturcd by so many hands in forty days. All the i rprkish Ministers were in close council when the explosion was heard—the Council was broken up, and they hastened to the spot in time to superintend the getting under of the fire that had commenced in the other builditig. Said Pacha, to honour whose marriage the fireworks were preparing, was so much. Pffeeted at the news, that he covered his face with his hands, and fled to his private apartment to give vent to his sorrow. I fear the loss of lives has been greater thr,n its yet appears. It has transpired that when Colonel Campbell t:iresented the famous firman to Mehemet Ali, he promised p er f ect obedience, and assured the Colonel that he neve:• intended, in administering the provinces under his convartnd, to do any thing that could merit the censure of tiAe Porte ; and yet by letters from Syria of the 15th ult. iv• 4 learn that Ibrahim Pacha was talking openly of his hosf.:te projects against the Sultan, and boasting of the caeasur,ep, he had taken to secure a successful campaign Advices from Alexandrir, a the 13th, state that Mehe met Ali was in such a 110;i-rid humour at the turn things had taken, that he had mire than one of his officers bastinadoed. to death f or th e twist trifling faults, and that to gratify his disposition to cruelty. What was the result ? The execution of the 'plan failed. The attack from the centre was the only One w hi c h suc ceeded ; they kept possession of a rid. -6.c of Arlaban. But the Carlists, to whom Ow 1OP': of this principal link of mountains was a =siAloto I .ess, attacked this position on the followin4 days tilld carried it at the point of the bayonet. SkisequentPlf wa,s found necessary to order the consti tntion9.7, force's back to Vittoria. The want of success is to be attributed to the concerted movement of the triple attack not having been executed at the appointed hour, one of the divisions having separated from the others in order to pursue some guerillas, a circumstance which gave the enemy time to bring up a reinforcement. The famous affair of Arlaban excited a feeling of discord amongst the staff of the Constitutional -Army, and gave rise to jealous and recrimination amongst the generals employed on that oc casion. However, this did n o t p revent the publication of splendid reports upon the above affair, no doubt for the purpose of forming a supplem en t to t h e tr i umphant retreat of Salvaticrra. The despatches affirmed that the troops were unable to maintain their positions oa account of the fog ! Alter this fruitless effort, the Commander-in-Chief pro ceeded to Pampoluna, going round by Logrono, accompp.-- , ;l ied always by the Algiers Legion, the Royal GN,av4l,, and the hest troops, with the intention of raitiu,g , the nortk - rn vallies in favour of the Queen's cwaiko, and fortifyi.74 some important positions. It w;)3 . b e recollected that he even went to St. deanviod.de-Port, in France, where he had an illtoA*A , with the head of the staff, and of tho division of ohs.q.vation. On his return to Spain he was confined to the highest vallics in. consequence of the masses of snow which obstructed all the roads,•and s 'rendered further operations impracticable his emlitions were thus paralyzed during a The Timahoe Estate, near to 'Dublin, which has so long.been announced in our columns for sale, by auction next Saturday in Dublin, was sold yest e rday - by Mr. Gorge Robins, by private contract. The rental. is 2,500/. a year, and it is said to have produced 70,0001. - Colonel Close is the purchaser. We are sorry to learn that the - gather of Mr. Per.se, M. P. for South Durham, is so ill that his recovery is hopeless. On this account the lion. Gentleman was, for a - few days be fore the present recess, excused from attendance in Parlia ment, and is now attending the sick-bed of his venerable and afflicted parent.—Durham Chronicle. Upwards of 100 sail of vessels were at anchor in Pcnarth Roads, on Tl.'.ursday, waiting a fair wind. LYNIINGTOM, APRIL 2.—We anticipate a scene of gaiety to m a r pleasant little town during this month, in con sequence bf the King's Stag Hounds being about to arrive at Lyndl - urst for the purpose of hunting .in the New Forest. i4ORD BRUDENELL.—AIthough we do not often hear much from our Representatives, one ol' them, Lord Brudenell, has been the subject of rather an, Unenviable im portance in the House of Commons this week. Doubtless, "it is pleasant to see one's name in print," in some eases, though this might rather be an exe4tion. This is the mark whose practices arc " revolting. co every proper and honour able feeling of a gentleman," who is to be placed in command over the gentlemen who may unfortunately belong to the 11th —this is the man whose practices are " certain to create dis union, and to be most injurious to his Majesty's service," who is to wield almost irresponsible power over the men whose union and subordination are essential to the honour and safety of his Majesty's crown and dignity. And why ? Because be is a Tory. Of Lord Brudenell, as a legislator, much need. not be said ; all the world knows how he went to Parliament as the Farmers' friend, plodged to the abolition of the Malt Tar—all know how when rebuked by the renowned member for Derbyshire, he reversed his mission.—Northompton Chronicle. WQ, WA week noticed the melancholy accident wh;ch clooasioneci the death of the Rev. J. Chambers, Rector o f Spernall. We have this week to record a still more afflicting circumstance in the dietr44 d7.`, the nephew of that Rev. gentle man, the Rev. Thor , -. 4 5 Mon:tiers, Vicar of Studley. The! Rev. gout/email ras much afflicted by the death of his uncle. ; ;v44 s.tae ttit event there has occasionally been a marlled ceeeutr;-: it y of manner observable. On Monday morning last ho 7eceived a letter from his sister, residing at or near Oxford, a nd soon afterwards he went out, omitting, contrary to his usual custom, to state at what time he might be expected home._ Not returning in the evening, his friends became alarmed, :IA search was made in every direction for him. About Live o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, the body was discovered quite dead, floating in a mill stream, between Studley and Spernall, and on the bank of the stream, a short distance from where the , body was found, were lying an umbrella and pair of gloves be-. longing to the Rev. gentleman, as well as the letter mentioned: above, which was unopeued.— Worcester Herald.